Over 4 ,000 members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State yesterday renounced their membership of the party to join the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ).
The former members of the APC said they decided to pitch their tents with the PDP henceforth because of what they termed the bad reputation of the APC in the state and the hardship its leadership in the country has inflicted on the people.
Receiving the defectors , the state Governor , Dr Olusegun Mimiko , thanked them for their decision to join hands with true progressives to ensure that Ondo State remained a model that it has been for other states in the country and the continent .
Represented by the State’ s Commissioner for Information, Mr Kayode Akinmade , Mimiko said the APC was planning to privatise the states facilities provided by the PDP government to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor .
